Unusual "floating balls" appearance of an ovarian cystic teratoma: Sonographic and CT findings

Authors
Rathod, K Kale, H Narlawar, R Hardikar, J Kulkarni, V Joseph, J
Citation
K. Rathod et al., Unusual "floating balls" appearance of an ovarian cystic teratoma: Sonographic and CT findings, J CLIN ULTR, 29(1), 2001, pp. 41-43
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND
ISSN journal
00912751 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
41 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-2751(200101)29:1<41:U"BAOA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Ovarian cystic teratomas are cystic fatty tumors that can be easily diagnos ed by sonography and CT. We present a case of ovarian cystic teratoma with an unusual sonographic appearance of mobile, hyperechoic, intracystic fat b alls; this finding correlated well with the appearance on CT. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.